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About Blue Sky Yoga


Using a flexible, compassionate approach to teaching, Lou's aim is to help you discover a greater sense of equilibrium and improved health and wellbeing. Yoga is a mental, physical and spiritual practice, which balances the subtle energies, bringing profound healing benefits for the mind, body and soul.


A typical yoga class includes: time to become centred, using the breath and gentle stretches to release tension; a series of yoga postures designed to build strength, balance and flexibility; pranayama or yogic breathing techniques to help cleanse and balance the subtle energies; deep relaxation to take you back to the core of who you are, bringing a sense of inner peace.


As well as teaching public yoga classes and private one to one sessions, Lou also teaches weekly sessions for Everton Football Club's first and youth teams. Through working with a wide range of students including athletes, people with injuries and older people, Lou has developed her teaching to suit the specific needs of the group or individual she is working with.

Blue Sky Yoga Background

Lou has been practicing yoga since 2002 and began teaching in February 2007. Qualified with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY), Lou has been influenced by many different styles of yoga, including Satyananda, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Sivananda, Scaravelli and Yin.


Lou’s passion for the philosophical teachings of yoga has led her to develop a deep interest in meditation, leading to an exploration of the many parallels between Buddhist and yogic philosophy. She has recently attended teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh and has undertaken a number of silent retreats, using Buddhist meditation techniques including Vipassana.


Training

2011                 2 day course with Sophy Hoare exploring the yoga of Vanda Scaravelli

2011                 Scaravelli-Inspired yoga weekend workshop with Louise Simmons

2010                 BWY Yoga Teacher Training Diploma with Rosemary Bennett

2009                 Yin Teacher Training Certificate with Erin Fleming
2009                 5 Day "Opening to Insight" intensive with Donna Farhi
2008                 Yin Yoga weekend workshop with Sarah Powers
2006                 Ashtanga Primary Series weekend workshop with David Swenson